Vaco reviews

My contract was 6mo. long and the company extending it. They told me they were extremely pleased with my performance and were interested in hiring me as a permanent employee. My Vaco recruiter found out and said she was communicating with the company's HR team and would keep me posted on the offer. Everything seemed to be going so great that I signed a contract to buy my first home. As my 2nd contract end date approached I grew very nervous. I called Vaco multiple times and left messages for the 2 recruiters that place me (one was a team lead) and it was like they completely disappeared! They would not return my calls or emails. It was such a stressful time - I didn't know whether or not I would have a job right up until the day before my contract ended - then the company finally told me they could not make me an offer at that time, however, they then advised me to apply for 2 open positions and said they would call me back in for an interview in a few weeks. I am not sure if this was some way to circumvent working w/ Vaco, but the whole situation started to seem sketchy and the anxiety and uncertainty was sickening. The next week I cancelled the contact on the house, thankfully, because I never heard from Vaco or that company again. Even after my contract ended, I continued to leave messages for Vaco, hoping they would place me in another position. They never responded. As a result, I now avoid contract/consulting positions like the plague and have an ingrained distrust when it comes to recruiters.

Just like many other vendor companies and recruiting agencies, they DO NOT care about you. They come off very nice when they are trying to get you into the role, but they aren't your friends. Do not confide secrets about your job, seeking a new position, and especially being converted to full time at the company you were placed with. They do not care about you. As long as you're working where they placed you they are constantly getting paid for the hours you put in. If you look for another job or get converted they lose that income. Lastly, getting converted to full time is like seeing a unicorn. There's no chance that will happen. Don't believe them when they tell you it will happen. They are all sales people. Born with experienced to lie, lie, and lie. Whatever it takes to make you stay. Just do good at the position you're at, so you have the experience on your resume. But always be looking for a job because they can let you go any time they want (it's in the contract). Then you're screwed out of a job. Even if they said they can help place you right away after, they are lying.